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5. Unpublished dissertation, Don L. Davis, Black and Human: Rediscovering King as a Resource for Black Theology and Ethics (can one write an evangelical theology of liberation, in other words, an evangelical theology of freedom . . . stay tuned! )

C. Fragmentation of Conservative Protestantism: the alienation of sectarianism

1. The reaction to Protestant Liberalism: the rise of Fundamentalism

2. The reaction to Fundamentalism: the rise of Evangelicalism

3. The reaction to Evangelicalism: the rise of neo-Liberalism

4. Christiana Americana: health-wealth, syncretism in “Search for Christian America,” post 9/11 spirituality?

D. Roman Catholic modern renewal movements and their impact

1. Vatican I (1869-70): affirmed classic Roman Catholic faith, with more clarifications outlining the specifics of papal infallibility

2. Vatican II (1962-65): stressed the RCC’s need of “aggriornamento” (being brought up to date)

a. Rejects religious persecution and acknowledges past wrongs